Kohl's earned $334 million, or $1.56 per share, for the three months ended Feb. 1. That compares with $378 million, or $1.66 per share, a year earlier.

Kohl's said Thursday that its fiscal fourth-quarter net income fell 12 percent, hurt by one less week in the period and a drop in a key sales barometer. But its earnings still topped analysts' estimates while revenue matched Wall Street's view.

The department store operator earned $334 million, or $1.56 per share, for the three months ended Feb. 1. That compares with $378 million, or $1.66 per share, a year earlier.

Analysts predicted earnings of $1.53 per share, according to a FactSet survey.

Kohl's anticipates fiscal 2014 earnings of $4.05 to $4.45 per share. Revenue is expected to rise 0.5 percent to 2.5 percent. Based on fiscal 2013's revenue of $19.03 billion, this implies about $19.12 billion to $19.5 billion.

Analysts forecast full-year earnings of $4.40 per share on revenue of $19.34 billion.

Its shares finished at $53.21 on Wednesday. Its shares have risen almost 17 percent over the past year.